My greatest failure in life was my failure to connect. By connecting, I mean exactly what Keith Ferrazzi said in his book, Never Eat Alone, which he wrote with Tahl Raz, as “sharing knowledge
and resources, time and energy, friends and associates, empathy and compassion in a continual effort to provide value to others, while coincidentally increasing my own.”
I do not mean to say that I was hard up in life or a total failure. I had my own share of success but only up to a point that met my expectation, which was not high either. For I could just be easily satisfied with the basic things in life. There were no fancy things that I wanted. I needed them not. Whatever was in the table was good enough for my family and me.
I was taken in because the department knew me beforehand. I was the outgoing president of the USC Economics Society where I honed my skills in lecturing through the special class sessions that our society organized and offered to students who needed help in economics. I got my first job then without much effort on my part. I also needed no connection to get it.
Early in 1974, Dr. Jose Lawas of the newly organized National Economic Development, replacing the National Economic Council, came to our department to inform us of the creation of NEDA Regional Offices in the different regions of the country. I was one of those who expressed interest to join NEDA Region VII based in Cebu.
In order not to disappoint me, Rey send me to Canlaon City to become a consultant of the Mayor who was asking Rey to find one for him. There I went and got my first consultancy job. Again, I got the job without much effort of my own but now I got help from Rey.
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